Hallgrimsson: A regretful feeling to face Argentina

• Iceland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson gave his thoughts after Friday’s World Cup Final Draw
• Debutants drawn in Group D with Argentina, Croatia and Nigeria
• Iceland make World Cup crawl opposite Argentina in Moscow on 16 Jun 2018

Iceland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson is looking brazen to confronting two-time champions Argentina in their FIFA World Cup™ entrance after being drawn in Group D with a South American giants during Friday’s Final Draw in Moscow.

“When we consider about a World Cup, we consider about Argentina and Brazil, so it’s a small bit of a regretful feeling to play Argentina in a initial game,” Hallgrimsson pronounced of Iceland’s entrance compare in Moscow on 16 Jun 2018. “Hopefully, we uncover a best side, both a players and a fans in a opening game.”

The smallest nation by race ever to validate for a World Cup, Iceland will afterwards face African qualifiers Nigeria in Volgograd on 22 Jun 2018 before final their organisation debate opposite a informed enemy in Croatia in Rostov-On-Don 4 days later. It was in subordinate for Russia 2018 that Iceland edged their Balkan opponents to tip mark in European section Group I.

“We know a lot about Croatia,” Hallgrimsson said. “They have been a kind of jump that we have indispensable to step to grasp something. Obviously, we know reduction about Nigeria, though we know their past history, so it’s another tough opponent.”

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